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    <h1>Services</h1>
    <h2>DSL (Twisted Pair):</h2>
    Pros:
    <ul>
        <li>Uses existing telephone wiring infrastructure</li>
        <li>Always on and secured than cable modem</li>
    </ul>
    Cons:
    <ul>
        <li>Speeds are slower in general than Cable or Fiber</li>
        <li>Operates on traditional copper telephone lines</li>
        <li>Heavy traffic on phone line</li>
    </ul>
    
    <strong>Residental Providers - Down/Up - Cost(per month):</strong>
    <ul>
        <li><a href="http://www.att.com/dsl/start/index.jsp?_requestid=1518370" target="_blank">AT&amp;T</a>  - *768kbps / 384kbps - $14.95 , *6Mbps / 768kbps - $43.00</li>
        <li><a href="http://www22.verizon.com/home/highspeedinternet/plans/" target="_blank">Verizon</a> - *1Mbps / NA - $19.99 , *15Mbps / NA - $29.99</li>
        <li><a href="http://www.earthlink.net/access/dsl.faces" target="_blank">Earthlink</a> - *6Mbps / NA - $14.95</li>
    </ul><br/>

    <h2>Cable (Coax):</h2>
    Pros:
    <ul>
        <li>Speed</li>
        <li>Technology will allow for faster speeds due to the nature of using shielded cabling</li>
    </ul>
    Cons:
    <ul>
        <li>Limited availability in rural areas</li>
        <li>Typically only one provider per area (monopoly)</li>
    </ul>
    
    <strong>Residental Providers - Down/Up - Cost(per month):</strong>
    <ul>
        <li><a href="http://www.timewarnercable.com/Midwest/learn/hso/internetplans.html" target="_blank">Time Warner</a>  - *3Mbps / *1Mbps -  $22.50^ , *50Mbps / *5Mbps - $42.50^</li>
        <li><a href="http://www.charter.com/top/internet" target="_blank">Charter Communications</a> - *3Mbps / *384kbps - $19.99^ , *100Mbps / *5Mbps - $59.99^</li>
        <li><a href="http://www.comcast.com/internet-service.html" target="_blank">ComCast</a> - *20Mbps / NA - $29.00` , *105Mbps / NA - $199.95</li>
    </ul><br/>
    
    <h2>Fiber (Fiber Optic):</h2>
    Pros:
    <ul>
        <li>Extreme Speeds </li>
    </ul>
    Cons:
    <ul>
        <li>Limited availability</li>
        <li>Consumer end up paying steep prices to get high speed</li>
    </ul>
    
    <strong>Residental Providers - Down/Up - Cost(per month):</strong>
    <ul>
        <li><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/2/3059741/verizon-fios-new-pricing-internet-plans" target="_blank">Verizon FIOS</a>  - *3Mbps/*1Mbps - $54.99, *50Mbps/*25Mbps - $74.99, *300Mbps/*65Mbps - $204.99</li>
        <li><a href="http://www.att.com/u-verse/explore/internet-landing.jsp?fbid=ImOZbVXD3Jf" target="_blank">AT&amp;T UVerse</a> - *3Mbps/NA - $38, *12Mbps/NA - $48, *24Mbps/NA - $63</li>
        <li>Time Warner - Fiber to Node (see above)</li>
    </ul><br/>
    
    <p>
        *Speeds stated as “upto”<br/>
        ^12 month promotional price<br/>
        `6 month promotional price<br/>
        NA - Not Available on general advertising site
    </p><br/><br/>
    
    <h1><strong>Compare And Contrast</strong></h1>
    <p>
        Top Speeds / Cost currently available with each style of connection:<br/>
        DSL - 15Mbps / $35.00<br/>
        Cable - 50Mbps / $50.00<br/>
        Fiber - 300Mbps / $204.99 or 50Mbps / $74.99 <br/>
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    <p>
        Although Time Warner and AT&T use fiber optic backbones (Fiber to Node) the companies are not able to advertise services as Fiber Optic. This leaves Verizon as the only full Fiber to House option at this time. Timer warner has started to roll out dual channel cable models that enable download speeds of up to twice as fast as currently advertised. 
    </p>
    <p>
        If speeds over 15Mbps are not needed customers have many options from any of the available services (DSL, Cable, Fiber). All three services offer similar pricing when under the 15Mbps speeds. 
    </p>
    <p>
        In many cases, consumers may choose based on bundles of existing products (cable tv, phone packages, etc) since some speed and pricing options are similar between media types.
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